AI and Microdirectives

Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret--and enforce--laws. All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. Youre told how to cross the street, how fast to drive on t...

Wisconsin Governor Hacks the Veto Process

In my latest book, A Hackers Mind, I wrote about hacks as loophole exploiting. This is a great example: The Wisconsin governor used his line-item veto powers--supposedly unique in their specificity--to change a one-year funding increase into a 400-year funding increase. He took this wording:...

This Week in Security News: Cybercriminals Use Stolen Data and Hacking Tools as Prizes in Poker Games and Rap Battles and VirusTotal Now Supports Trend Micro ELF Hash

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how cybercriminals are passing the time during the COVID-19 pandemic with online poker games, where the prizes include stolen...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: wesnoth-1.14.4-1.fc28

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand. Choose units from a large pool of specialists,...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: wesnoth-1.14.4-1.fc27

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand. Choose units from a large pool of specialists,...

Great Battles Medieval - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Great Battles Medieval published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Pirate Battles: Corsairs Bay - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Pirate Battles: Corsairs Bay published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Toy Defense 2 — TD Battles - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Toy Defense 2 — TD Battles published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Bloons TD Battles - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Bloons TD Battles published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Toon Wars: Online Tank Battles - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Toon Wars: Online Tank Battles published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Micro Battles - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, Suspicious files vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Micro Battles published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Tank Battles - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Tank Battles published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Snail Battles - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Snail Battles published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Block Battles: Star Guardians - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Block Battles: Star Guardians published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: wesnoth-1.12.4-1.fc21

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand. Choose units from a large pool of specialists,...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: wesnoth-1.12.2-1.fc20

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand. Choose units from a large pool of specialists,...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: wesnoth-1.12.2-1.fc22

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand. Choose units from a large pool of specialists,...

Warrior Kings: Battles 1.23 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13712/info Warrior Kings: Battles is susceptible to a remote denial of service vulnerability. This is due to a failure of the game server to properly handle exceptional conditions. This vulnerability allows remote attacke...

Warrior Kings 1.3 And Warrior Kings: Battles 1.23 Remote Format String Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13711/info Warrior Kings, and Warrior Kings: Battles are vulnerable to a remote format string vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to securely implement a formatting printing function. This...

EFF Who Has Your Back Privacy Report Hails Apple, Yahoo

Technology companies have responded to the challenge to privacy and civil liberties unearthed by the Snowden leaks with a determined effort to increase transparency around government requests for user data. Some have done a better job than others. Large ISPs such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast...